Hyderabad, Oct. 11 -- Thirty-one researchers associated with the University of Hyderabad (UoH) figure in the 2026 Stanford-Elsevier database of highly cited researchers, popularly known as the "world's top 2 per cent scientists" list, the university said on Sunday, October 11.

In the institutional tally, UoH is ranked third among central universities, after Banaras Hindu University and the University of Delhi, and 18th among India's top 20 institutions, it said.

Of the 31, as many as 25 are on the career-long list, which measures cumulative citation impact up to 2025, and 18 on the single-year list, based on citations received in 2025. Twelve of them figure in both.

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